Italy - Forest Area 2021
32.53%
+0.18% from 2020
Italy's forest area was 32.53% in 2021, increased +0.18% from 32.35% in 2020. This was the 102nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 94.60% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 92.07% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Gabon | 91.27% | -0.1% |
| 4th | Palau | 90.20% | 0.2% |
| 5th | Solomon Islands | 90.11% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Guyana | 87.18% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Equatorial Guinea | 86.99% | -0.3% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 85.50% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Papua New Guinea | 79.10% | -0.1% |
| 10th | Liberia | 78.77% | -0.4% |
| 11th | Finland | 73.73% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 71.75% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 71.50% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 70.11% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.70% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.41% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 64.31% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 64.22% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Fiji | 62.76% | 0.6% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 61.85% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 61.37% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Zambia | 60.03% | -0.4% |
| 28th | Costa Rica | 59.76% | 0.5% |
| 29th | Brazil | 59.27% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 58.02% | -0.3% |
| 31st | Samoa | 57.98% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 57.31% | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Estonia | 57.04% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Panama | 56.65% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Honduras | 56.65% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Peru | 56.37% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 56.01% | 0.1% |
| 38th | Belize | 55.50% | -0.9% |
| 39th | Jamaica | 55.47% | 0.7% |
| 40th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 55.16% | -0.9% |
| 41st | Latvia | 54.87% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | São Tomé and Principe | 53.42% | -1.2% |
| 43rd | Colombia | 53.13% | -0.3% |
| 44th | Angola | 52.98% | -0.8% |
| 45th | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 52.75% | -0.5% |
| 47th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Guam | 51.85% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Tanzania | 51.11% | -1.0% |
| 51st | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 50.06% | -0.5% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 49.90% | -0.3% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 49.78% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Indonesia | 48.36% | -1.4% |
| 56th | Austria | 47.17% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Viet Nam | 46.96% | 0.5% |
| 58th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.73% | -0.4% |
| 59th | Mozambique | 46.41% | -0.7% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 45.84% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Zimbabwe | 44.97% | -0.3% |
| 62nd | Cambodia | 44.83% | -1.9% |
| 63rd | Dominican Republic | 44.65% | 0.4% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.40% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Myanmar | 43.29% | -1.0% |
| 66th | Belarus | 43.27% | 0.2% |
| 67th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 42.91% | -0.3% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.73% | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Liechtenstein | 41.88% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Senegal | 41.70% | -0.5% |
| 73rd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 40.06% | 0.0% |
| 76th | European Union | 39.88% | 0.1% |
| 77th | Paraguay | 39.83% | -1.7% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 39.71% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Canada | 39.47% | 2.0% |
| 80th | Thailand | 38.83% | -0.2% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.63% | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Spain | 37.17% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Portugal | 36.15% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Bulgaria | 35.98% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Central African Republic | 35.75% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 35.18% | 0.1% |
| 88th | Ghana | 35.13% | 0.1% |
| 89th | Sierra Leone | 34.85% | -0.8% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.71% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Croatia | 34.70% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 34.11% | -0.1% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 96th | United States | 33.87% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Mexico | 33.73% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.46% | 0.1% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Guatemala | 32.81% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Germany | 32.68% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Italy | 32.53% | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 32.38% | 0.0% |
| 104th | Switzerland | 32.21% | 0.3% |
| 105th | France | 32.17% | 0.5% |
| 106th | Cuba | 31.23% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Poland | 31.02% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 30.12% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 29.07% | 0.7% |
| 111th | Eswatini | 29.00% | 0.2% |
| 112th | Albania | 28.79% | 0.0% |
| 113th | El Salvador | 27.96% | -0.8% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | 27.48% | -2.9% |
| 115th | Benin | 27.36% | -1.6% |
| 116th | Botswana | 26.71% | -0.8% |
| 117th | Guinea | 25.02% | -0.6% |
| 118th | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Chile | 24.68% | 0.7% |
| 120th | India | 24.36% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Philippines | 24.23% | 0.5% |
| 122nd | British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | China | 23.63% | 0.9% |
| 124th | Nigeria | 23.57% | -0.8% |
| 125th | Gambia, The | 23.41% | -2.4% |
| 126th | Malawi | 23.33% | -1.9% |
| 127th | Belgium | 22.60% | 0.0% |
| 128th | Burkina Faso | 22.54% | -0.8% |
| 129th | Hungary | 22.48% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Togo | 22.18% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Singapore | 21.43% | -1.2% |
| 132nd | Madagascar | 21.34% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 19.43% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 18.67% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.30% | -0.8% |
| 137th | Comoros | 17.45% | -1.3% |
| 138th | Australia | 17.42% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.73% | 0.1% |
| 140th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.73% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.47% | 0.0% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 14.07% | 0.4% |
| 145th | South Africa | 14.03% | -0.2% |
| 146th | Azerbaijan | 13.83% | 1.0% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 13.22% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Morocco | 12.89% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | 12.49% | -0.9% |
| 150th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Moldova | 11.75% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Uruguay | 11.72% | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.64% | -0.1% |
| 154th | Uganda | 11.45% | -1.8% |
| 155th | Cabo Verde | 11.42% | 0.7% |
| 156th | Ireland | 11.41% | 0.5% |
| 157th | South Sudan | 11.33% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Rwanda | 11.23% | 0.4% |
| 159th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 11.00% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Burundi | 10.89% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.88% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Argentina | 10.40% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Sudan | 9.74% | -0.9% |
| 166th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.41% | -1.3% |
| 167th | Mongolia | 9.10% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 169th | Eritrea | 8.68% | -0.4% |
| 170th | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.57% | -4.0% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | 8.43% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 7.98% | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.95% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.64% | 0.1% |
| 175th | Israel | 6.47% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.22% | 0.0% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 4.78% | -1.1% |
| 180th | Tunisia | 4.53% | 0.2% |
| 181st | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Chad | 3.34% | -2.6% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 3.06% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Iraq | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 189th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68% | -0.1% |
| 190th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Malta | 1.44% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Kazakhstan | 1.29% | 0.8% |
| 193rd | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Bahrain | 0.91% | 2.2% |
| 197th | Niger | 0.84% | -1.2% |
| 198th | Algeria | 0.82% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Iceland | 0.52% | 1.3% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mauritania | 0.30% | -1.7% |
| 203rd | Djibouti | 0.25% | 1.3% |
| 204th | Curaçao | 0.16% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | -0.3% |
| 207th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.05% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Oman | 0.01% | -2.7% |
| 209th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 212th | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 213th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Italy's forest area in 2021?▾
Italy's forest area in 2021 was 32.53%. This ranked 102nd globally.
How did Italy's forest area change in 2021?▾
Italy's forest area increased by 0.6% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2021?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2021 at 94.60%.
What is the forest area of Italy in 2021?▾
The forest area of Italy in 2021 was 32.53%. This ranked 102nd globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Italy's forest area?▾
Italy's forest area went from 32.35% in 2020 to 32.53% in 2021, a 0.6% increase.
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